Improvement in flat-iron rests and polishers



G. F. FESSENDEN.

FLAT-IRON BEST AND POLISHER.

No.173,928. Patented Feb. 22, 1876.-

NPETEKS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHEH, WASNKNGTDI D c UNITED STATES GEORGE F. FESSENDEN, OF EVERETT, ASSIGNOR TO FRANK ALBERT FES- PATENT DFFTCE.

SENDEN, OF ARLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN FLAT-IRON RESTS AND POLISHERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 123,928, dated February 22, 1876; application filed August 12, 1875.

parallel with and below it at each end of the other edges of the same, from near the end of one flange to near the opposite end of the other, to which is attached a piece of felt, armed on one or both surfaces with a coating of sand, cemented on; and the object is to furnish a rest for heated flat-irons by means of the first part of the device, and a means of keeping the face. of the flat-ironclean and smooth by the use of the second part, called the ironing-pad."

Figure 1 represents, in perspective, my device as it appears when closed and not in use.

Fig. 2 shows the device as it appears when open and in use.

In the drawings, A, Figs. 1 and2, is a piece of cast-iron,called the rest, of the shape of a flat slab, with two bars, B B", Figs. 1 and 2,

fastened to its lower surface, as legs. Fastened to the lower edges, respectively, of these two legs or supportsv are two wires, 0 0*, Figs. 1 and 2. These run parallel with the lower surfaces of the legs, and their ends, respectively, bend upward at arig-ht angle and enter into the body of the supports, to which they are firmly attached. D, Figs. 1 and 2, is a square piece of felt, called the pad, of slightly smaller dimensions than the rest, which pad bears three loops, E E E, Figs. 1 and 2, preferably of metal, fastened by rivets to it, which loops pass over the right-hand wire 0*, and thus hinge the pad to the same, allowing it to be folded up, as in Fig. 1, or unfolded for use, as in Fig. 2. This pad D is thus prepared: 1 take hot thick glue and with it cover one or both sides of the felt, and then, with a dredgingbox. or in other convenient manner, cover the. surface with sand. The glue being allowed to cool, the sand is found to be firmly fastened to the felt.

When my invention is to be used, it is placed upon the ironing-table and unfolded, as shown in Fig. 2. The iron-rest is usedlike the ordinary device commonly known to support the heated iron. The sanded-felt attachment, lying flat on the table, with the sanded surtace'uppermost, receives from time to time the flat-iron, which is forcibly rubbed back and forth on it, the friction of the gritty particles fastened to the felt smoothing and cleaning the face of the iron, and thus causing the same to slide smoothly, easily, and with less exertion over the clothes, &e., ironed,

while it removes any rust or dirt on the flatiron, which would otherwise soil and stain the objects ironed.

I do not claim the application of sand-paper or of emery-cloth to any of these uses named, the essential feature of my invention,'as regards the pad, consistingin the compressible, as well as flexible, nature of the material bearing the sand. I do not confine myself to the use of felt, using, sometimes, one or more thicknesses of woolen or other cloth. I some times use shellac, or india-rubber, or other cement. Emery, or powdered glass, or pumice-stone, or sand and soap-stone, may be used, or any granular and gritty substance, for my frictional surface. I make my rest of soap-stone, metal, or any other suitable sub-' stance.

I claim The sad-iron holder A, constructed as described, and provided with the sanded pad D, as and for the purpose specified.

GEORGE FREDERICK FESSEN DEN.

Witnesses:

LEMUEL P. J ENKS, HOWARD M. BowERs. 

